Over 2000 people under the banner of Satra Mukti Sangram Samity (SMSS) on Thursday staged a sit-in-protest in Tinsukia's Margherita against Coal India Limited (CIL) for forcefully designating residential areas as coal dumping ground.
An NSCN-IM recruitment bid in eastern Assam's Tinsukia district has been successfully foiled by the Indian Army by preventing four misguided youths from joining the Naga militant group.
The Tinsukia Division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has taken immediate action against the misconduct by pantry car staff of Avadh Assam Express and ensured accountability in collaboration with East Central Railway.
The 5.5 feet tall statue of the Father of the Nation, located at Gandhi Chowk in Doomdooma town for several years, was removed on Wednesday using an excavator crane, sparking protests among the citizens.
Two coal miners, believed to be from Meghalaya, have died in Assam's Tinsukia district due to suspected gas poisoning. This incident comes nearly a month after a rat-hole mining tragedy in the same area claimed three lives, including two from Meghalaya.
